[clg82]

Hey everyone, a little bit about my self I've been a Cyber Engineer for about 10 years and have a lot of IT experience but never with tuning cars. I have been toying with the idea of getting an HPTuner and tuning my own ZL1. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to even start for a beginner? Would be nice to do some tuning on my car by myself since I like overall working on my car. Thanks for any help!

[Joshinator99]

Watch Greg Banish's videos on Gen V tuning. Good stuff.

I also did the Tuning School Gen V tuning school which was ok, at best.

[closs2sx]

goat rope garage is good also

[clg82]

Thanks for the suggestions! Does it sound like it's pretty easy to get used too and straightforward? Don't want to mess anything up.

[radz28]

If a beginner, I would NOT say it is easy in most any way. I'm not saying you, or anyone else could learn it, but don't expect to have your car fine-tuned within a month, or maybe even a year, if you're starting from scratch.

If you can understand the way the torque system functions and relates to all of the sub-systems, I'd say you have a good shot at being able to catch on. I started with Gen III stuff, and this Gen V stuff is crazy. I'm slowly putting a lot of it together, but trying to learn without either SERIOUS web browsing or spending many many hundreds of dollars on resources will take a LONG time. You'll find there is a point to where the really good tuners stop sharing (and for good reason), and that's where you'll likely need to most help.

IMO - if you aren't in a hurry to get the most out of your set-up, you might try doing it yourself, as suggested above. You're a great risk of hurting the car if you go too far too fast, but if could be fun. I find it fun to do, and have started with base-type tunes, so I started safe, and did a lot of research (I have A LOT more to go...), and even reverse-engineered tunes I got professional help with for my car (and from other Members custom tunes, too), and learned a lot from those.

If you ARE in a hurry, I'd look into a good shop you're comfortable with, and let them have at it. It won't be cheap, and there are lots of "tuners" that say they can help, but I think if you read enough on that forum, you'll start to see who the REAL tuners are, and have the best luck paying them to help you.